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CHAPTEE XLYIII. 



PLUMBEES AND PLUMBING. 



ARTICLE I. 



PLTJMBEBS. 

1604. Certificate.] Any person now engaged in, or hereafter en- 
gaging in, or working at, the business of plumbing in the city, either 
as master plumber or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumb- 
er, shall obtain a certificate as to his competency to engage in such 
business in such manner as is hereinafter provided. 

1605. Application — examination.] Any person now engaged in 
the business of plumbing, or who may desire to engage in such busi- 
ness, either as a master plumber or employing plumber, or as a jour- 
neyman plumber, shall make application to the board of examiners, 
hereinafter provided for, and shall, at such time and place as said 
board may designate, undergo such examination as to his qualifica- 
tions and competency to engage in such business, or to continue to 
engage in such business, as the said board of examiners may direct. 
Said examination may be made, in whole or in part, in writing, and 
shall be of a practical and elementary character, sufficiently strict, 
however, to test the qualifications of the applicant. 

1606. Board of examiners.] There is hereby created a board of 
examiners of plumbers, consisting of three members, one of whom 
shall be the commissioner of health, who shall be (ex officio) chair- 
man of said board of examiners; a second member who shall be a 
master plumber and a third member who shall be a journeyman 
plumber. Said second and third members shall be appointed by 
the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the city council. 
Each of said second and third members so appointed shall, before 
entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the city, in 
the sum of ^ve thousand dollars with sureties to be approved by the 
city council, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties 
of the office to which they have been appointed. 

1607. Secretary.] The mayor shall appoint, by and with the ad- 
vice and consent of the city council, a secretary to said board of ex- 
aminers, and it shall be the duty of said secretary to preserve and 

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^ keep all records, books and papers whi«^li are required bj law to be 
"^ kept by, or filed with, said boara, and to do and perform such other 
j» services as may be from time to time required b^ the said board of 
J^xaminers. The person appointed secretary shall, before entering 
•/ upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the city in the sum 
^ of -^ve thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by the city 

V council, conditioned for the faithful performaiice of the duties of 

V his office. 

^ 1608. Powers of board— fees.] Said board shall examine appli- 
4 cants as to their practical knowledge of plumbing, house drainage 
-; and plumbing ventilation; and if satisfied as to the competency of 
^^ any such applicant, and upon payment to the city collector of the 
fee hereinafter provided for, shall issue a certificate to such appli- 
cant, authorizing him to engage in or work at the business of plumb- 
ing, either as master plumber or employing plumber, or as a jour- 
neyman plumber, as the case may be, and according to the terms of 
the application made by such applicant. The fee for the examina- 
tion and certificate of a master plumber or employing plumber shall 
be five dollars, and for the examination and certificate of a journey- 
man plumber it shall be one dollar. All fees received for said exam- 
inations and certificates shall be paid into the city treasury. 

1609. Non-compliance with article — work not to be inspected.] 
Any plumber who has not complied with the provisions of this arti- 
cle and obtained the certificate described in section 1608, or a certifi- 
cate from a board of examiners of plumbers of any other city, town 
or village in accordance with the provisions of an act of the legisla- 
ture entitled "An Act to provide for the licensing of plumbers and 
to supervise and inspect plumbing," in force July 1, 189Y, shall not 
be entitled to have his work inspected and approved by the depart- 
ment of health; and said department shall not inspect or approve 
any work done by any plumber who has not obtained such certificate. 

1610. Penalty.] Any person violating, neglecting or refusing to 
comply with any of the provisions of this article, shall be fined not 
less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, and 
in addition, the certificate issued as herein provided, may be re- 
voked by the mayor, on recommendation of the commissioner of 
ihealth. 

1611. Plumbers' bond.] 'No licensed plumber shall be permitted 
to make any alteration or repair to, or do any work in or about 
any pipe or pipes connected with any part of the city water works 
system, or with any pipe or sewer connected with the city sewer sys- 
tem, unless such plumber shall have executed to the city a good and 
sufficient bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars with sureties 
to be approved by the commissioner of public works, conditioned for 
the faithful observance and performance of all the ordinances of the 
city then in force or which may thereafter be in force concerning or 



442 GENERAL ORDINANCES. 

regulating the water works system or the sewer system of the city, 
or concerning the making or maintaining of any connection or con- 
nections thereto or therewith ; and conditioned further, to indemnify, 
save and keep harmless the city from any loss, cost, damage, expense 
or liability of any kind whatsoever which the said city may suffer 
or which may accrue against it, be charged to or recovered from said 
city from or by reason of any thing done by such licensed plumber or 
by any servant, agent or employe of his in and about the making of 
any alterations or repairs to, or any work done in connection with 
any service pipe or pipes, water main or connection with the water 
works system of the city, or any drain or pipe or connection with 
the sewer system of the city, or which may arise from or by reason 
of any negligence on the part of such licensed plumber in not main- 
taining barriers and warning signals around any excavation or open- 
ing which has been made by him in any street, alley or public way, 
in pursuance of the work of repairing, altering or locating any service 
pipe or pipes or connection to or with the water works system of the 
city, or sewer system of the city ; and conditioned further, to restore 
the surface of any street, sidewalk or roadway wherever the same 
shall have been disturbed by him in and about the doing of any 
work ; and conditioned further to do such work of restoration to the 
entire satisfaction and approval of the commissioner of public works. 
IsTo permit shall be issued to any plumber to do any work necessi- 
tating the disturbance of any street, alley or public way, or altera- 
tion, repairing or location of any service pipe or pipes connected with 
the water works system of the city, or any drain or pipe connected 
with the sewer system of the city unless such bond be in full force 
and effect and on file in the office of the commissioner of public 
works. 



ARTICLE II. 



PLUMBING. 



1612. Permit for nse of water.] All applications for permits for 
the introduction or use of water supplied by the city shall be mad© 
in writing upon printed forms furnished by the department of pub- 
lic works, the blanks to be specifically and properly filled in and 
signed by the owner or duly authorized agent of the owner, and no 
work whatever shall be done in the street, or outside a building, by 
any plumber or other person for the purpose of making any con- 
nection to or with any city water main or pipe until after the issu- 
ance of such permit. This restriction shall not prevent any person 
from rendering assistance in case of accident to water pipes occur- 



PLUMBERS AND PLUMBING. 443 

ring at night, or at any time requiring immediate action. In case 
of any such accident prompt report thereof shall be made at the de- 
partment of public works by the person rendering such assistance. 

1613. Tapping street main.] No person except the tappers em- 
ployed by the department of public works shall be permitted under 
any circumstances to tap any street main, or insert stop-cocks or fer- 
rules therein ; all service cocks or ferrules must be inserted at or near 
the top of the street main, and not in any case nearer than six inches 
from the bell of the pipe; the size of the cock to be inserted shall 
be that specified in the permit. 

1614. Lead pipe — ^weight.] No lead pipe shall be used in any 
work done under the authority of a license or permit issued by the 
city, except such as is known to the trade as ^'strong," and must 
weigh as follows: 

Half-inch internal diameter 1% pounds per lineal foot. 

Five-eighths in. internal diameter. . 2% " " 

Three-fourths in. " " .. 3 " " 

One inch " " . . 4 " " 

One and one-fourth in. internal diam. 4% " *^ 

One and one-half in. " '' 6 " " 

One and three-fourths in. " " 61/2 " " 

Two inches " " 8 " " 

No pipe shall be used for the purpose of street service of a differ- 
ent material or size than herein specified except by special permit. 

1615. Service pipe — joints.] All service pipes leading from street 
mains to the building line shall as far as practicable be laid in the 
ground to a depth of not less than five feet, and such pipe shall be 
laid in such manner and be of such surplus length as to prevent break- 
age or rupture by settlement, and all joints in such pipes shall be of 
the kind termed ^'plumber or wiped joints.'^ The connections of pipe 
by the so-called "cup-joint" is prohibited. 

1616. Stop and waste cocks.] Every service pipe shall be pro- 
vided with a stop and waste cock for each consumer, easily accessible, 
placed beyond damage by frost and so situated that the water can be 
conveniently shut off and drained from the pipes. 

1617. Stop-cock — location and cover.] Such stop-cocks unless 
otherwise specially permitted shall be connected to service pipes with- 
in the sidewalk at or near the curb line of the same, and be inclosed 
in and protected by a cast iron box with a cover having the letter "W" 
of suitable size cast thereon ; such iron box shall be of form and di- 
mensions satisfactory to the commissioner of public works and shall 
extend from service pipe to surface of sidewalk, and be of proper size 
to admit a stop key for operating the stop-cock. 

1618. Single tap for several buildings — cocks.] Whenever two or 
more distinct buildings or premises are to be supplied by means of 



444 GENERAL OKDINAITCES. 

branch or sub-service pipes supplied by a single tap in the street 
main, each branch shall be independently arranged with stop-cock 
and box on the curb line in the manner above described. All cocks 
used at the sidewalks by plumbers shall be of the kind known as 
"round water way.'' 

1619. Opening and repair of streets — permit.] Before filling the 
trench the service cock in the street main shall be covered with a suit- 
able cast iron box furnished by the city, the earth shall be well 
rammed under the main, to a level with the top thereof, from thence 
the trench shall be filled in layers of not more than twelve inches in 
depth, and each layer thoroughly rammed or puddled to prevent set- 
tlement. This work together with the replacing of sidewalks, ballast 
and paving shall be done in all cases by the city. A sufficient amount 
shall be deposited with the city before issuing the permit for opening 
the street to cover this expense. In all cases where the street to be 
opened has been recently paved with blocks, sufficient of the paving 
shall be removed so that the foundation boards or planks (if any), 
can be taken up without cutting. No permit shall be granted for the 
opening of any paved street for the tapping of mains or laying of 
service pipes, when the ground is frozen to a depth of twelve inches or 
more, except when in the opinion of the commissioner of public 
works there is a sufficient emergency to justify it. 

1620. Steam boilers — supply tank.] Plumbers are prohibited 
from connecting pipes whereby steam boilers may be supplied with 
water direct with city pressure. All such boilers shall be provided 
with a tank or other receptacle of sufficient capacity to hold at least 
six hours' supply, in case of a pipe district being shut off to repair 
mains or make connections or extensions. In such cases the city 
will not be reponsible for a lack of water for steam boilers or for any 
other purpose. 

1621. New plumbing — repairs — exposed pipes and traps — tests.] 
In all buildings hereafter erected in the city, both public and private, 
and in all buildings already built or erected wherein any plumb- 
ing is installed or wherein any sewer connected pipe shall be repaired 
or changed on the sewer side of the trap, the drain, soil, rainwater, 
waste pipes, or any other pipe or pipes connected directly or indi- 
rectly to any drain, soil, or waste pipe, and all traps, shall be placed 
within buildings and exposed to view for ready inspection and test, 
and shall remain so exposed until approved by the commissioner of 
health. In no case shall a trap be inaccessible at any time. 

1622. Metal connections — to be tested and approved.] All soil or 
waste pipes shall be connected to the tile sewer, if a tile sewer is laid 
within the building, and if the connection is made above the ground 
or floor, by a suitable metal connection, which shall make an air and 
water-tight joint, without the use of cement, mortar, putty, or other 



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PLUMBERS AND PLUMBING-. 445 

like material, and which can and shall be tested with water when in 
place. Such metal connections shall be in view at the time of final 
inspection. 

The entire fitting or piece which is used to connect the iron soil 
or waste pipe to the tile sewer shall be regarded as the metal connec- 
tion. Metal connections which can be removed from the sewer and 
soil or waste pipes, after once in place without removing a portion 
of the iron soil or waste pipe, are prohibited. No such metal con- 
nection shall be used which has not been submitted to and tested and 
approved bj the chief sanitary inspector and the commissioner of 
health. 'No tile sewer shall be used above the ground or cement 
floor or where a cement joint is exposed to the air. One of each such 
approved types of metal connections shall be kept in the sanitary 
department. 

1623. Connections outside buildings and under floors.] Outside of 
the building and under ground the connection between the soil or 
waste pipe and the vitrified tile sewer shall be thoroughly made with 
live Portland cement mortar, made with one part cement and two 
parts clean, sharp sand. 

An arched or other proper opening shall be provided in the wall 
for the house drain to prevent damage by setttlement. The opening 
around the house drain may be filled with pure refined asphaltum. 

1624. Drains connected with sewers — adequate size.] It shall be 
the duty of every person or corporation connecting or causing to be 
connected any drain, soil pipe, or passage with any sewer from any 
building, structure, or premises to cause such drain, soil pipe, pas- 
sage, and connection to be at all times adequate for its purpose and 
of such size and dimensions as to convey and allow freely to pass, 
whatever may properly enter the same. 

All connections between metal pipes and between metal pipe and 
tile sewers shall be made by a plumber and in such manner as the 
commissioner of health shall direct. 

1625. Separate drainag^e for every buildings — exception.] Every 
building shall be separately and independently connected with a 
public or private sewer, where there is any such sewer in the street 
adjoining such building. 

The entire plumbing and drainage system of every building shall 
be entirely separate and independent from that of any other building, 
except where there are two buildings on one lot, one in the rear of 
the other. If there is no sewer in the alley to which the rear build- 
ing can connect the sewer of the first building may be extended to 
serve such rear building. 

1626. -Kitchen slops, etc.— water supply. All connections with 
sewers or drains used for the purpose of carrying off animal refuse 
from water-closets or otherwise, and slop of kitchens, shall have 



446 GENERAL OEDINANCES. 

fixtures for a sufficiency of water to be so applied as to properly carry 
off such matters. 

1627. Size of soil pipe — increaser.] Every water closet located 
within any building shall waste into a pipe not less than four 
inches in diameter. Such pipe shall be increased below the roof 
line as hereinafter provided and shall be carried through and above 
the roof. 

1628. Definition of terms.] In this article the term "main soil 
pipe" is applied to any pipe receiving the discharge of one or more 
water closets, with or without other fixtures, and extending through 
the roof. 

The term "branch soil pipe" is applied to any pipe receiving the 
discharge from one or more water closets and with or without other 
fixtures and leading towards and connecting with the main soil pipe, 
but not necessarily extending through the roof. 

The term "waste pipe" is applied to any pipe receiving the dis- 
charge from any fixture or fixtures other than water closets. 

The term "house drain" is applied to the pipe within any build- 
ing which receives the total discharge from any fixture or sets of fix- 
tures, and may or may not include rain water, and which conducts 
or carries the same to the house sewer. The house drain, when rain 
water is allowed to discharge into it, shall be not less than six inches 
internal diameter. 

The term "house sewer" is applied to the tile sewer, which shall 
be not less than six inches internal diameter, and which begins out- 
side of the wall of a building and connects the house drain with 
the public sewer in the street. 

The term "main vent" is applied to the vertical line of air pipe 
running through two or more fioors and to which the vent or revent 
pipes from the various fioors are connected. 

The term "vent pipe" is applied to any pipe provided to ventilate 
a system of piping, and to which the revents are connected. 

The term "revent pipe" is applied to any pipe used to prevent trap 
siphonage and back pressure. 

The term "soil" or "waste vent" is applied to that part of the 
main soil or waste pipe which is above the highest installed fixture 
waste connection and extends through the roof. 

When sizes of pipes are specified the internal diameters of the 
pipes are meant. 

1629. Iron pipes — quality — weight.] All soil, waste, and vent 
pipes, except as hereinafter specified for lead branches and brass 
pipes, shall be either extra heavy cast iron pipe coated with tar or 
asphaltum or standard galvanized wrought iron pipe ; provided, that 
wrought iron pipe coated with tar or asphaltum may be used for 
soil and waste pipes, but not for soil or waste vent or for vent or re- 



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vent pipes. All pipes shall be sound and free from all boles, cracks, 
or defects- of any kind. 

The following weights per lineal foot will be accepted as comply- 
ing with this chapter as to weight of extra heavy cast iron pipe : 

Diameter 

2 inches 5% pounds per lineal foot. 



3 




4 




5 




6 




7 




8 




10 




12 





91/2 






13 






17 






20 






27 






331/2 






45 






54 







Extra heavy cast iron pipe shall have the maker's name and the 
weight per foot clearly cast upon each section thereof. 

The following weights per lineal foot are required for standard 
wrought iron pipe, galvanized, or tar coated pipe : 
Diameter 

1% inches .... 2.68 pounds per lineal foot. 



2 




21/2 
3 




31/2 
4 




41/2 
5 




6 




7 




8 




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3.61 






5.74 






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9.00 






10.66 






12.49 






14.50 






18.76 






23.27 






28.18 






33.70 






40.00 







1630. Fittings—quality — cleanout fittings.] AH fittings used for 
soil or waste pipe, except as hereinafter specified, shall be either 
extra heavy tar or asphaltum coated fittings or extra heavy galva- 
nized, cast, or malleable iron, recessed and threaded drainage fittings. 
The burr formed by cutting the wrought iron pipe shall be carefully 
reamed out. Proper sized cleanout fittings shall be installed at each 
ninety degree intersection of soil or waste pipe. 

1631. Cleanout — no pipe to be tapped.] On soil or waste pipes 
four inches or more in diameter heavy brass cleanouts, not less than 
four inches in diameter, shall be used. 

1^0 iron drain, soil, waste, or vent pipe shall be drilled and tapped. 



448 GENEEAL ORDIN-ANCES. 

1632. Pipe joints, filling of.] All joints on cast iron soil, waste, 
or drain pipes, and rain water leaders shall be so filled with picked 
oakum and molten lead and hand calked as to make them air and wa- 
ter tight. The quantity of lead used shall be twelve ounces of fine 
soft lead for each inch in the diameter of the pipe. 

1633. Floor rests on vertical lines.] Vertical lines of soil, waste, 
or other pipes, or rain water pipes when within buildings, shall be 
provided with floor rests at intervals of not more than twenty feet. 
Such rests shall be placed immediately beneath a coupling, hub, or 
fitting. 

1634. Pipe supports — pipe hooks prohibited.] The foot of every 
vertical soil, rain, or waste pipe shall be adequately supported by 
brick, stone, or concrete piers properly constructed by the use of ce- 
ment mortar or cement concrete or otherwise equally well supported. 
Pipes under the basement floor or in the ground shall be properly 
laid, graded, and supported. Pipes above the floor shall either be 
adequately supported or suspended. 

The use of pipe hooks for supporting pipes is prohibited. At the 
foot of each soil or waste pipe shall be placed a cleanout fitting, 
which shall be accessible at all times. 

1635. Prohibited fittings.] No double hub, double "Y" or double 
"TY'' branches shall be used on horizontal runs. On vertical lines 
double hubs and straight crosses shall not be used. The use of bands, 
saddles, and sleeves is prohibited. 

1636. No calked pipe in vibrating buildings.] Pipes with calked 
joints shall not be installed in buildings subject to vibrations from 
operating machinery or subject to other causes likely to loosen such 
calked joints. 

1637. Lead pipe — quality — not within partitions.] Lead pipe of a 
quality equal to "extra light'' shall be used for water closet bends 
and as branches for vent, revent, and waste pipe connections. 

Lead pipe used for vent or revent connections shall not extend into 
or be used within partitions. 

1638. Lead pipe connections — ^wiped joints — brass pipes.] All 
connections between lead and metal pipes shall be made by heavy 
brass solder nipples, or heavy brass, or combination ferrules which 
have been approved by the department of health. All solder connec- 
tions shall be regulation wiped joints. If brass pipe is used it shall 
be drawn tubing of No. 18, B. and S. gauge. 

1639. Sweep Fittings.] Straight tees shall not be used. Long ra- 
dius or sweep fittings shall be used where possible. 

1640. Chimney ventilation of soil or waste pipes prohibited.] No 
brick, sheet metal, earthenware, or chimney flue shall be used for a 
sewer ventilator or to ventilate any trap, soil, waste, or other sewer 
connected pipe or opening. 



PLUMBERS AND PLUMBING. 4:4:9 

1641. Iron pipe — where used.] Every soil, revent, vent, and 
waste pipe shall be of iron, except as is specified herein for lead or 
brass pipe. 

1642. Vertical pipes through roof — increased how.] The vertical 
soil, waste, or vent pipes (where the vent or continuous waste pipe is 
not reconnected to a soil, waste, or vent pipe below the roof) shall 
extend through and above the roof at least eight inches and have a 
diameter of at least one inch greater than that of the pipe proper. 
But in no case shall it be less that four inches in diameter through 
and above the roof. 

The increasers shall extend at least one foot below the roof. ITo 
cap or cowl shall be affixed to the top of any such pipe or pipes. 

1643. Pipes above main building — nuisance.] Soil, w^aste, and 
vent pipes shall be carried above the roof of the main building when 
otherwise they would open within fifteen feet of the windows or 
doors of such or adjoining buildings and shall be not less than six 
feet from any ventilator or chimney opening of such or adjoining 
building or buildings ; nor shall they be located so as to be a nuisance 
to the occupants of any building. 

1644. Soil and waste pipes extended — ^when.] Branches of soil 
or waste pipes if twenty feet or more in length shall be extended full 
size and increased and extended through and above the roof. 
Branches of soil or waste pipes not more than fifteen feet in length 
shall be either carried full sized and increased and carried through 
and above the roof or returned (full sized for waste pipes and not 
less than three inches in diameter for soil pipes) to main soil vent or 
vent pipe of not less size than the returned pipe. 

1645. Ejectors — ^ventilation — size of soil and wastes.] The soil or 
waste pipe leading to an ejector or other appliance for raising sewage 
or other w^aste matter to the street sewer, shall, where a water closet 
or closets are installed, be ventilated by a vent pipe not less than four 
inches in diameter. Where fixtures other than water closets are in- 
stalled the waste pipe shall be ventilated by a vent pipe of the same 
diameter as the waste pipe. Soil vents, vents, and revents for eject- 
ors shall be installed according to the provisions of this chapter gov- 
erning soil, waste, vent, and revent pipes. 

1646. Prohibited pipes — pitch or grade.] Horizontal soil and 
waste pipes are prohibited. 

In all cases the pitch shall be one fourth inch to the foot, making 
the grade in the direction of the outflow. 

1647. Drainage fittings — horizontal vents — trapped vents.] Where 

rows of fixtures are placed in line, where galvanized wrought iron 

pipe is used for vents and revents, galvanized iron, malleable, or cast 

iron, drainage fittings shall be used if possible. 

Horizontal vent pipes unless practical shall not be used. IsTo line 
Chic. Code — 29. 



450 GENERAL ORDINANCES. 

of soil, waste, or vent pipe shall be run witli unnecessary bends or 
offsets. 

Trapped or sagged, or drops in, vents or revents are prohibited. 
'No vent pipe from the house side of any trap shall connect to any 
sewer, vent pipe, soil, or waste pipe. 

1648. Continuous vents.] Trap revents shall be continuous where 
possible. Where the vent or revent pipes are continuous and traps 
are ventilated through the waste fitting, the center of the outlet of 
such fitting shall not be set below the water seal of the trap ; and the 
trap shall not be more than three feet from the waste fitting. 

No crown venting shall be permitted. 

1649. Size of soil and waste pipes.] The least diameter of soil 
pipe permitted is four inches. A vertical waste pipe into which a 
kitchen sink or sinks discharge shall be two inches in diameter and 
at least three inches in diameter if receiving the waste of five or more 
floors and shall have not less than one and one half inch branches. 

1650. Trap prohibited — where.] There shall be no traps at the 
foot of soil or waste pipes, nor shall there be any trap upon the 
house drain or house sewer. 

This section shall not prohibit the use of traps at the foot of rain 
water leaders or upon drains or sewers used exclusively for con- 
ducting rain water to a public sewer. 

1651. Trap revents — concealed partitions.] Every water closet, 
urinal, sink, basin, bath, and every laundry tub or set of laundry 
tubs, or any other plumbing fixture shall be effectively and separate- 
ly trapped and revented, except as hereinafter provided for anti- 
siphon traps. 

All traps shall be protected from siphonage by special vent or 
revent pipes, except where anti-siphon traps are permitted. Such re- 
vented trap shall not depend upon any concealed partition for its 
water seal. 

1652. Connected wastes.] A connected waste pipe receiving the 
discharge of not more than two basins, set in line, may waste into a 
single trap, which shall not be more than two feet from the waste 
outlet of one of the fixtures. 

1653. Floor washes — bell traps prohibited — back water valve.] 
When fioor washes are connected it shall be by means of a deep seal 
trap. Bell traps and traps having covers, over hand holes on the 
sewer side of the trap, held in place by lugs or bolts, are prohibited. 
Covered floor washes are prohibited. Where a floor wash is placed 
in the basement it shall be protected from back sewage by means of 
some suitable and approved back water valve. 

1654. Bath tub drum trap — revent.] Each bath tub shall be pro- 
vided with a drum trap. Traps on bath tubs shall be placed in such 
a manner that the cleanout will be in plain view and above the floor. 



PLUMBERS AND PLUMBING. 451 

The drum trap shall be revented through either a 'TY," a "Y/' or 
a drainage fitting. 

1655. Traps — placing of — water seal.] Traps shall be placed as 
near to the fixtures as possible, and in no case shall a trap be more 
than two feet from the waste outlet of its fixture. 

All traps shall have at least a one and one half inch water seal 
and they shall be set true with respect to their water level. 

1656. Waste to closet bend, etc., prohibited.] In no case shall a 
waste pipe from any fixture be connected with any water closet 
trap or bend, vent or revent connection for same. 

1657. Water closet revent — size.] Water closets when placed 
within buildings shall have two inch revents for each water closet 
trap, except as hereinafter provided. 

1658. Size of vents depends on stories.] The main vent pipe for 
traps of water closets or for traps of other fixtures, in buildings four 
stories or imder, shall be at least two inches in diameter and have 
two inch revents, except that revents may be the same size as waste 
traps. In buildings more than four stories high and not more than 
six stories high the main vent pipe shall be at least two and one half 
inches in diameter. In buildings more than six stories high the main 
vent pipe shall be at least three inches in diameter. 

1659. Vents — size of for twelve fixtures.] Where more than 
twelve closets are installed on any floor the vent pipe for the same 
shall be at least three inches in diameter with two inch revents for 
traps. 

For purposes of reventing, any four fixtures other than water 
closets (where the same are placed on one fioor) shall be taken as 
equal to one water closet. This is to apply where water closets are 
revented through the same vent pipe. 

1660. Vents in residences.] Vent pipes for water closets in resi- 
dences shall be two inches in diameter with same size branches, and 
for other fixtures not less than one and one half inches in diameter 
with branches the same size as waste and trap; except that the 
vent pipe for a kitchen sink shall be two inches in diameter. 

1661. Size of waste pipes.] Where fixtures other than water 
closets are installed in a building more than four stories and base- 
ment or cellar high, having no soil pipe from ground in building to 
and through roof, and where the total number of fixtures wasting 
into one pipe exceeds six, the same shall waste into at least a two 
and one half inch pipe, which shall be carried through the roof; ex- 
cept that where a battery of urinals and no water closets are in- 
stalled in any building (where a three inch waste pipe is required) 
the same shall be carried at least three inches in diameter from the 
ground in the building up and through the roof. 

1662. In buildings under four stories.] In buildings of four stor- 



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ies and under, where no water closet is installed and where no sewer 
connected soil pipe is carried from ground in building to roof, the 
fixtures if six or more in number shall waste into a pipe at least 
two and one half inches in diameter, which shall be carried through 
the roof. 

Where a smaller number of fixtures is installed the main 
waste pipe shall be two inches in diameter and carried through the 
roof, except that where a battery of urinals having a three inch waste 
pipe is installed the waste pipe shall be carried at least three inches 
in diameter from the ground in the building up and through the roof. 

1663. Vents reconnected.] All vents shall be either run separate- 
ly through the roof or be reconnected to an increaser twelve inches 
below the roof or may be reconnected to the soil vent or main vent 
pipe, not less than three feet above the highest floor on which fixtures 
are placed; Provided, that no fixture or fixtures shall be placed on 
any floor or floors above and connected to the soil, waste, vent or re- 
vent pipes from the fixtures on floors below; nor shall any fitting 
or fittings for future connections be placed in a.ny soil or waste pipe 
above the point of revent connection. Where fixtures are afterwards 
installed on other fioors the vent and revent pipes of the fixtures al- 
ready installed shall be rearranged to conform to the provisions of 
this chapter. Reconnections will not be permitted where said vent 
pipes run through more than Rve fioors. 

1664. Length of horizontal vent.] The vent pipe from any fixture 
or fixtures reconnected as hereinbefore provided shall not span a hori- 
zontal distance to exceed twelve feet in length. 

1665. Vent pipe increased.] Where a vent pipe is carried inde- 
pendently through the roof it shall be increased as provided for in 
preceding sections. 

1666. Prohibited use for revent.] JNTo trap, revent, or vent shall 
be used as a waste or soil pipe. 

1667. Revents for adjoining fixtures.] Where bath rooms are lo- 
cated on opposite sides of a wall and directly opposite each other and 
on the same floor in any building and have a common soil or waste 
pipe, in the same separating wall, the revents from fixtures in either 
or both of such bath rooms may connect into the same vent pipe. 

Where two water closets or other plumbing fixtures waste into a 
double "Y" or double ^^TY" fitting a single two inch revent con- 
nected at or near the junction of the two waste lines forming a part 
of the fitting will be permitted. 

1668. Safe wastes.] All lead or other safes where necessary 
under fixtures shall be drained by a special pipe, the same to dis- 
charge into an open water supplied sink or into a deep seal trap, and 
in no case shall the safe be connected with any waste, soil, or drain 



PLUMBERS AND PLUMBING. 453 

pipe or sewer. The ends of safe waste pipes shall be covered bj flap 
valves. 

1669. Overflow pipes.] Overflow pipes from fixtures shall be in 
each case connected on the inlet side of the trap. 

1670. Refrigerator wastes — sizes — traps.] The waste pipe from 
a refrigerator or ice box shall not be directly connected with any soil, 
rain, or waste pipe or with the drain or sewer, or discharge upon the 
ground. It shall discharge into an open water supplied sink or over a 
deep sealed trap and shall be as short as possible and disconnected 
from the refrigerator or ice box by at least four inches; and where 
refrigerators or ice boxes are placed in buildings and upon two or 
more floors the waste and vent pipe thereof shall be continuous and 
shall run through the roof, and in no case shall it open within six 
feet of an open soil or vent pipe. 

The size of a w^aste pipe for refrigerators for two floors or less 
shall be at least one and one half inches and two inches for three 
floors and over and under five floors, and two and one half inches for 
^Ye floors and over. Each refrigerator or ice box shall be provided 
with a suitable trap with an accessible trap screw or cleanout. Such 
trap shall be placed in the one and one half inch waste pipe and 
shall be near the refrigerator or ice box. Such traps need not be 
separately revented. 

1671. House boilers.] The sediment pipe from house boilers shall 
not be connected into the sewer side of any trap nor directly con- 
nected into any soil, waste pipe, or drain. 

1672. Flush tanks— purity of water.] All water closets and uri- 
nals within any building shall be supplied from special tanks or ap- 
proved automatically flushing valves having flush pipes at least one 
and one quarter inches in diameter. The water from such tanks 
or cisterns shall not be used for any other purpose. The purity of 
such water and of water used in all other plumbing fixtures shall be 
equal to the purity of the water supplied through the Chicago water 
works system. 

1673. Automatic flush tanks.] Mush tanks for urinals shall be ar- 
ranged for intermittent and automatic discharges. All urinals shall 
be fiushed at regular intervals not to exceed seven minutes each. 

1674. Cisterns for water closets — ^house tanks.] Where cisterns are 
used for water closets they shall each have a siphon discharge. The 
valves of such cisterns shall be fitted and adjusted so as to prevent a 
waste of water. When the city pressure is not sufficient to supply 
such cisterns or plumbing fixtures with water adequate pumps or 
house tanks shall be provided. 

1675. Water closets.] All water closets shall have fiushing rim 
bowls. 

1676. Water closet flushing.] Water closets and urinals shall not 



454 GENERAL ORDINANCES. 

be supplied from any water supply pipes direct. In a cellar or un- 
finished basement of a building already constructed and where there 
is danger from frost sanitary long hopper closets may be installed if 
they are provided with individual frost proof flush tanks of approved 
types. 

All closets shall be fitted with either siphon discharge flush or 
pressure tanks or approved automatically flushing valves not directly 
connected to the city water supply pipes. 

All individual closets at each flush shall receive not less than four 
gallons of water into the closet bowl at each discharge, which shall 
be discharged in such time and with such force as shall thoroughly 
cleanse the closet bowl at each flush. 

1677. Long hopper closets — where not to be installed.] Long hop- 
per closets shall not be installed in the cellar or basement or in any 
part of any building hereafter constructed. 

1678. Outside water closets — ^where.] A water closet shall not be 
installed on a porch or other like place. Outside water closets may 
be installed for buildings heretofore erected only. 

1679. Proximity to buildings.] Water closets when placed in the 
yard of any building heretofore erected shall be separately trapped 
and placed not less than eight feet from any dwelling or other place 
of abode and so arranged as to be conveniently and adequately 
flushed, and their water supply pipes and traps shall be protected 
from freezing. The compartments for such water closets shall be 
adequately lighted and ventilated. 

1680. Water closets under sidewalks.] Where water closets or 
other plumbing fijitures are placed under a sidewalk, street, alley, 
or other like place, adjoining and opening into the basement of any 
building, each and every fixture so placed shall be ventilated in the 
same manner as provided for other plumbing fixtures in this chapter, 
and the water closet compartments shall be adequately lighted and 
ventilated. In all other places where plumbing fixtures are placed 
in compartments under sidewalks, streets, alleys, or other like places, 
and where the compartments are separated by an open space between 
the adjoining building and the sidewalk, the vent pipes may be 
omitted ; Provided, that a soil or waste pipe not less than four inches 
in diameter shall be connected to the main sewer and extended 
through the roof of the adjoining building. 

1681. Separate water closets — number of — where placed.] In all 
places of employment where men and women are employed, separate 
and sufficient water closets shall be provided for males and females. 
Water closets for men shall be plainly marked "Men's Toilet" and 
water closets for women shall be plainly marked "Women's Toilet." 

In all places of employment one water closet shall be provided for 
every twenty-five males or less number, and one water closet shall be 



PLUMBERS AND PLUMBING. 455 

provided for every twenty females or less number. Such water 
closet facilities shall be furnished upon at least every second floor. 
Where there are employes in any basement such basement shall be 
considered as one floor. 

1682. Water closets in lodging houses.] In lodging houses and 
hotels hereafter erected or altered there shall b© provided one water 
closet for every twenty-five males or less number and one water closet 
for every twenty females or less number. The number of water closets 
required shall be determined from the number of lodging quarters 
provided. There shall be at least one closet on each floor. The gen- 
eral water closet accommodations of a lodging house shall not be 
placed in the basement. 

1683. Separate closets for business and residences.] In all build- 
ings used jointly for residence and business purposes, separate anid 
sufficient water closets shall be provided for the use of families and 
for the use of employes and patrons of the place. 

1684. Toilet paper.] No paper other than what is commonly 
known as toilet paper shall be placed in any water closet or allowed 
to enter any soil pipe. 

1685. House tanks, lining — overflow.] Tanks in which water to 
be used for drinking or other domestic purposes is stored shall not 
be lined with zinc or lead. 

The overflow pipes from such tanks shall discharge upon the roof 
or be trapped and discharged into an open sink. Such overflow pipes 
shall not be connected into any soil waste pipe or other sewer con- 
nected pipe; nor shall the drain or sediment pipe be connected into 
any soil, waste pipe, or other pipe directly connected with a sewer. 

1686. Rain water leaders, trapped when.] Eain water pipes or 
leaders shall not be used as soil, waste, or vent pipes ; nor shall any 
soil, waste, or vent pipe be used for a rain water pipe or leader. 
Where a rain water leader opens near any window, door, or vent 
shaft, or is so located as to render it likely to become a nuisance, if 
not trapped it shall be properly trapped far enough below the surface 
to prevent its becoming a nuisance or freezing. 

Inside rain water leaders shall be made of extra heavy cast iron 
or tar or asphaltum coated wrought iron pipe or galvanized wrought 
iron pipe, with roof connections, made gas and water tight by means 
of heavy lead or copper drawn tubing, wiped or soldered to a brass 
ferrule, calked or screwed into the pipe. Outside rain water leaders 
may be of sheet metal but they shall connect with the house drain 
by means of a five foot length of cast iron pipe extending vertically 
at least four feet above the grade level. 

1687. Steam pipe — blowoff basins — vent, etc.] 'No steam, exhaust, 
blowoff, drip, or return pipe from any steam trap shall connect with 
the sewer or with any house drain, soil, waste pipe, or rain water 



456 GENERAL ORDINANCES. 

pipe. The water or steam of condensation from such pipes before 
it shall enter any sewer or drain shall be discharged into a suitable 
cast iron catchbasin or condenser, from which a special vent pipe 
not less than two inches in diameter shall extend through the roof. 

1688. Blowoff pipes — kind, etc.] Blowoff pipes from boiler or 
heating plants shall bo either of extra heavy cast iron pipe or gal- 
vanized wrought iron pipe. 'No such blowoff or hot water pipe shall 
discharge directly or indirectly into any vitrified earthenware tile 
sewer within any building. 

1689. Temperature of water into sewer.] No water of a higher 
temperature than one hundred and twenty degrees Fahrenheit shall 
be permitted to enter any house sewer direct. 

1690. Area drains — traps — backwater valves.] When the area 
drains are connected to the house sewer or drain they shall be effect- 
ively trapped. Such traps shall be protected from frost. 

1691. Cellar drainer — ground water.] Cellars and basements 
shall be kept free from ground or surface water, and where the same 
are too low to be drained into the sewer the water therefrom shall be 
lifted by a cellar drainer or other device, approved by the chief 
sanitary inspector, and discharged into the sewer. 

1692. Floor washes in basements — indicated protection.] Floor 
washes for basements shall he provided with a deep seal trap, having 
a heavy strainer, and a backwater gate valve, or stop, accessible for 
cleaning. 

No backwater valve shall be used which has not been approved by 
the chief sanitary inspector. 

All building plans, where basement floor washes are connected, 
shall indicate where and what backwater valve or device is to be 
used. 

1693. Sumps — tight cover.] Sumps or redding basins for subsoil 
drains shall be provided with tight cast iron covers. 

1694. Prohibited sinks and tubs.] The installation of stationary 
wooden sinks and wooden laundry tubs is prohibited inside of any 
building used for human habitation. Such sinks and tubs shall be 
of non-absorbent material. 

1695. Catchbasins prohibited — when.] ISTo catchbasin or gravel 
basin shall be allowed within any building, except as provided for in 
the following sections : 

1696. Kifchen wastes to catchbasin.] Kitchen or other greasy 
wastes shall be intercepted by a catchbasin or grease trap and thence 
conducted to the house sewer. 

The vitrified tile sewer through which kitchen wastes are con- 
ducted shall be at least six inches in internal diameter. 

1697. Catchbasins, construction of.] Catchbasins for receiving 
such wastes shall be constructed either of brick, concrete, or cast iron. 



PLUMBERS AND PLUMBING-. 457 

If of brick or concrete they shall be at least thirty inches internal 
diameter at the base and may taper to not less than twenty-two inches 
internal diameter at the top and be finished with a stone or iron 
cover at grade level. 

The walls of such catchbasins shall be (if of brick) eight inches 
thick and laid in portland cement mortar and plastered outside and 
inside wdth a half inch coat of portland cement mortar in proportion 
of one part of portland cement and two parts of clean, sharp sand. 

The bottom shall be at least eight inches thick and of either brick 
laid in cement mortar or of portland cement concrete. The brick 
used shall be hard burned sewer brick. 

Where portland cement concrete is used the walls shall be at least 
six inches thick and the concrete shall be^ made of one part of live 
portland cement three parts of clean, sharp sand and five parts of 
crushed stone free from dust and of sizes between one fourth inch 
and one and one half inches in largest diameter; and in addition the 
catchbasins shall be plastered inside and out as specified above for 
ibrick construction. Catchbasins shall be made water tight. 'No 
retempered cement shall be used. 

The bottom of catchbasins shall be at least two feet below the 
invert of the outlet to the sewer. 

The outlet shall be trapped to a depth of six inches below the 
invert of the outlet to the sewer, to prevent the escape of grease, by 
a hood or trap of brick and cement mortar, a hood of concrete or cast 
iron. 

The invert of the inlet to the catchbasin, for kitchen wastes, shall 
be not less than two and one half feet above the finished bottom of 
the catchbasin. 

1698. Catchbasin dispensed with — grease trap.] Where the build- 
ing covers the entire lot the catchbasin for kitchen wastes may be 
dispensed with, provided that a suitable sized grease trap of approved 
construction is installed and provided with a water jacket through 
which shall circulate the water that is drawn for the general kitchen 
use. Such grease traps shall at all times be accessible for cleaning. 

1699. Defective catchbasins — rain conductor connection.] Kain 
water leaders may connect to catchbasins. Such leaders shall con- 
nect to a catchbasin when they conduct water from a gravel roof. 

Defective and leaching catchbasins shall be rebuilt according to 
the above specifications. 

1700. Number of urinals in factories.] In all places of employ- 
ment one urinal shall be provided for every seventy-five males or less 
number. 

1701. Construction — prohibited use.] The sides, back, and base 
of every urinal stall placed within any building shall be of non-ab- 
sorbent material. Urinal stalls having troughs set in the floors are 



458 GEl^ERAL ORDINANCES. 

prohibited. The top of the urinal base shall be set one and one half 
inches above the finished floor level. Urinal troughs and sectional 
urinals, unless lipped and provided with suitable automatic flush 
tanks or approved intermittent and automatic flushing valves are 
prohibited. No sectional urinals shall be placed v^ithin a building or 
compartment which is subject to vibrations. 

1702. Urinal flush — prohibited materials.] Every urinal stall 
shall have an individual lipped sanitary urinal bowl. 

The use of cast iron, galvanized iron, sheet metal or steel urinal 
bowls and troughs is prohibited. Each urinal bowl shall be sep- 
arately and independently trapped and shall have a waste pipe of at 
least two inches in diameter. 

1703. Automatic flushing of urinals.] Each and every urinal 
trough and urinal bowl shall be intermittently and automatically 
flushed with at least a one gallon water flush for each urinal bowl 
or two foot length of urinal trough and at intervals not to exceed 
seven minutes each during its period of use. 

The flushing of all such urinal fixtures shall be by means of either 
approved intermittently and automatically operated flush tanks or 
by intermittently and automatically operated flushing valves pro- 
tected against a vacuum by a ground seat check valve. 

1704. Urinal wastes — prohibited screens.] The waste pipe of a 
"battery'' of not exceeding four urinals shall not be less than two 
inches in diameter. Eor batteries exceeding this number tke waste 
pipe shall bo at least three inches in diameter. 

'No wire or metal screen shall be placed in any urinal bowl, unless 
every part of such screen is thorough washed at each water flush. 

1705. Revent omitted, when.] Where a single water closet or 
other plumbing fij^ture is located in a building or on the top floor 
of any building and there is an adequate soil or waste pipe of un- 
diminished size from ground (in building) to roof, the revent pipe 
may be dispensed with; Provided, that a non-siphoning trap tested 
and approved by the chief sanitary inspector, or a closet of approved 
construction, is used for such work; and provided, further, that the 
trap of such fixture is located not more than five feet from such soil 
or waste pipe. 

1706. Revent omitted, when.] Where a toilet or bath room hav- 
ing not more than one closet and three other fixtures therein, is loca- 
ted on one floor only or the top floor of any building, and such closet 
is set not more than five feet from the vertical soil pipe, the revent 
for the closet may be omitted ; Provided, that a closet of an approved 
construction is installed. 

1707. Vent pipes reconnected — exception.] Vent pipes shall be 
reconnected to main soil and waste pipes or drain by a "Y'' branch 
below the lowest fixture, and in such a manner as to prevent accumu* 



PLUMBERS AND PLUMBERS. 450 

lation of rust. This shall not apply where there is a battery of 
fixtures on one floor only and no other fixtures on floors above or 
below. 

1708. Open plumbing.] All plumbing fixtures shall be installed 
as open plumbing. 

1709. Prohibited closets — removal.] Pan, plunger, offset, wash- 
out-range closets and washout latrines shall not be allowed in any 
building; nor shall hopper closets be installed in any building here^ 
after erected. Such closets when found to be a nuisance shall be 
removed, or when the same are removed for repairs they shall not 
be again installed. In alteration work pan and plunger closets shall 
be removed. 

Range closets of types approved by the commissioner of health and 
the chief sanitary inspector may be installed in factories and work- 
shops only, and such closets shall be installed in separate compart- 
ments as hereinbefore provided for water closet compartments. 

1710. Reventing washout closets.] Where individual washout 
closets are installed they shall be revented above the floor line. Rub- 
ber connections or connections of like material shall not be used on 
any sewer connected pipe. 

1711. Prohibited fixtures not reinstalled.] "No fixture shall be in- 
stalled and no fixture shall be reconnected or reinstalled where it 
does not meet the requirements of this chapter. 

1712. Earthenware trap connections — how made.] All earthen- 
ware traps shall have heavy brass floor plates, not less than one fourth 
of an inch in thickness, soldered to the lead bend, or, where brass 
or iron pipes are used, screwed to the same and bolted to the trap 
flange, and the joints between the flange and traps shall be made 
gas tight without the use of putty, plaster, cement, rubber or leather 
washers. The use of putty, plaster, cement, rubber or leather wash- 
ers in the making of such connections is hereby prohibited. 

1713. Slip joints — ground joints.] Slip joints shall not be per- 
mitted on the sewer side of any trap unless a metal connection is 
required between soil or waste pipes and tile sewers. 

Unions on wrought iron pipe shall be made by means of metallic^ 
brass seated ground unions and made mthout gaskets or packing. 

1714. Barn drainage — traps — catchbasins.] Floor washouts, uri- 
nal gutters, and wash racks in barns or stables shall be provided with 
deep seal traps, having heavy strainers. Such traps shall have a 
depth of seal of at least three inches and shall be located at the floor 
line. An adequate water supply shall be provided for flushing such 
gutters. 

All liquid wastes from barns or stables shall be intercepted before 
entering the sewer by a catchbasin placed outside of the building, 
which shall be either the catchbasin which is constructed according to 



460 GENEEAL ORDINANCES. 

the specifications for such catchbasins or a cast iron catchbasin pro- 
vided with bolted air tight iron cover. Barn drains and wastes shall 
be ventilated by sufficient and proper vents through the roof. 

1715. Special permits — when issued.] Special permits will be is- 
sued by the chief sanitary inspector only. 

Where special permits are issued the location shall be inspected 
before the work is started and duplicate plans in ink, in the name of 
the owner, agent, or architect, shall be submitted and approved and 
placed on file. These plans shall show the proposed work, in plan 
and elevation. Such plans shall be drawn on paper or cloth and 
drawn to a quarter inch to the foot scale. 

The installation of any sewer connected fixture or of any sewer 
connected pipe or pipes other than those hereinbefore mentioned, or 
under any other conditions than those hereinbefore set forth, shall 
be as directed by the chief sanitary inspector and the same shall be 
covered by special permits issued by him. 

1716. Plumber's notification — inspection, when.] When the 
plumbing in any building is ready for inspection the plumber in 
charge of the work shall immediately notify the commissioner of 
health in writing of such fact at least twenty-four hours in advance 
of inspection. Inspections will not be made the same day that notifi- 
cations are received. 

1717. Inspection of repairs.] The following repairs and exten- 
sions to any part of the plumbing or drainage system within any 
building shall also be reported for inspection, viz. : where there is any 
change in any sewer connected pipe and where such change is on the 
sewer side of the trap. 

1718. Inspections — tests.] The entire plumbing and drainage 
system when roughed in, in any building, shall be tested by the 
plumber in the presence of the plumbing inspector and as directed by 
him, under either a water pressure or air pressure. 

The water pressure test shall be applied by closing the lower end 
of the main house drain and filling the pipes to the highest opening 
above the roof with water, except that a part of the system may bo 
tested separately, provided that there shall be a head of water of 
at least ten feet above all parts of the work so tested. The air pres- 
sure test shall be applied with a force pump and mercury column 
equal to ten inches of mercury. The use of spring gauges is pro- 
hibited. Special provision shall be made to include all joints and 
connections to the finished line or face of floors or side walls, so that 
all vents and revents, including lead work, may be tested with the 
main stacks. All pipes shall remain uncovered in every part until 
they have successfully passed the test. After the completion of the 
work, and when fixtures are installed, either a smoke test under a 
pressure of one inch water column shall be made of the system, in- 



PLUMBEES AND PLUMBING. 461 

eluding all vent and revent pipes, in tlie presence of the plumbing 
inspector and as directed by him, or a peppermint test made by using 
five fluid ounces of oil of peppermint for each line up to five stories 
and basement in height, and for each additional five stories or frac- 
tion thereof one additional ounce of peppermint shall be provided for 
each line. 

All defective pipes and fittings or fixtures shall be removed and all 
defective work shall be made good and so as to conform to the pro- 
visions of this chapter. 

1719. Water closet and urinal compartment — ^ventilation.] Water 
closets and urinals shall not be installed in an unventilated room or 
compartment. In every case the room or compartment shall be open 
to the outer air or be ventilated by means of an air duct or shaft or 
be mechanically ventilated. 

In the case of an extension or alteration of any existing plumbing 
system, the same, if new stacks are run, shall be tested when roughed 
in and when completed as hereinbefore provided. 

1720. Peppermint test for alterations.] In other alteration work 
a peppermint test and only this test shall be applied by using five 
fluid ounces of oil of peppermint for each line up to ^yg stories and 
basement in height, and for each additional five stories or fraction 
thereof one additional ounce of peppermint shall be provided for 
each line. 

1721. Old work remodeled.] In remodeling work the existing 
system of soil, waste, and ventilating pipes shall be changed to make 
them reasonably conform to the provisions of this chapter. 

Where a urinal, bath, or water closet compartment is mechanically 
ventilated the air shall be changed at least four times per hour by 
exhausting the air from the compartment. 

1722. Light and ventilation.] All urinals, bath, or water closet 
compartments hereafter constructed in any building shall be lighted 
and ventilated as hereinafter provided for. Every water closet or 
urinal compartment or bath room in every now existing building 
and every compartment in buildings hereafter erected, where the 
compartment is more than one story under ground, shall be sep- 
arately ventilated by a window opening to the external air or by 
proper and adequate ventilating pipes, shafts, or ducts running 
through the roof, or to the external air, and providing for at least 
four changes of air for the entire compartment each hour. All such 
compartments shall be adequately lighted by either natural or arti- 
ficial light. 

1723. Toilet compartments — separate.] The urinal, bath, or 
water closet compartments shall be separate compartments and shall 
be entirely separated from any other room, workshop, office, or hall, 
by a tight partition extending from floor to ceiling, and every door 



462 GENERAL ORDINANCES. 

of every sncli compartment sKall be provided with a door check to 
keep such door closed. 

No window or other opening shall be made to open from any such 
compartment for the purpose of ventilation, into any adjoining room, 
office, workshop, factory, hallway, or compartment of any kind. 

1724. Window area in toilet compartments.] In every building 
hereafter constructed every such compartment, where there is not 
more than one story under ground, shall have a window not less 
than one foot wide and of an area of at least four square feet for 
a floor area of forty-five square feet or less, opening directly into the 
outer air, or special light and air shaft, into which no other rooms 
or compartments, other than toilet compartments, are ventilated. 
For upwards of forty-five square feet of floor area there shall be a 
window area of at least one tenth of the floor area. The windows in 
all cases are to be arranged so as to admit their being opened at least 
one half their height. The urinal, bath, or water closet compart- 
ments on the top floor of any building may be lighted and ventilated 
by means of a skylight and ventilator. The area of the skylight shall 
conform to the above specified areas for windows. 

1725. Keep clean.] All such fixtures in such compartments as 
are referred to in the previous section shall be kept in a thoroughly 
clean and sanitary condition. 

1726. Ventilation into court.] E'othing herein contained shall be 
construed as preventing the ventilation of the above mentioned com- 
partments into an outer, inner, or lot line court. 

1727. Plans — plan and elevation, etc.] Building plans in dupli- 
cate shall be filed with the bureau of sanitary inspection before the 
original plans are approved. Such duplicates shall be on paper or 
cloth and drawn to a standard scale, showing how all rooms and com- 
partments of the building are to be lighted and ventilated. They 
shall also show in plans and in at least one elevation all drains, soil, 
waste, vent, and revent pipes within the building and the location of 
all plumbing fixtures within the building, the location of the catch- 
basin (in case one is necessary) outside of the building, and its con- 
nection to the drainage and sewerage system. 

1728. Fee before plans are approved.] Before plans are approved 
the following fees for inspection shall be paid to the city collector: 

When the building contains from one to six plumbing fixtures the 
sum of fi^ty cents shall be paid for each fixture, and for each and 
every additional fixture thereafter installed the sum of twenty-five 
cents ^all be the fee for inspection. 

1729. Certificate of inspection.] When the plumbing in a build- 
ing is completed the plumber or his representative shall secure for 
the owner of such building from the commissioner of health a cer- 
tificate of inspection, signed by the chief sanitary inspector and ap- 



PLUMBEES AND PLUMBING. 463 

proved by tke commissioner of health, certifying that the plumbing 
work has been properly inspected and tested as required by the 
provisions of this chapter. 

1730. Penalty.] Any person or corporation who shall violate any 
of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not more than two 
hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars for each offense; 
and each day on which such violation shall be allowed or suffered to 
continue shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. 



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